Harchi in line for February return

Harchibald could have a prep race for the Cheltenham Festival on February 17 with the Red Mills Hurdle at Gowran and the Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton under consideration by trainer Noel Meade.

The eight-year-old is being primed for another crack at the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, a race in which he finished runner-up in 2005 but was ruled out of last year due to injury.